All About GEP

[sautille]

TREX8:

A friend told me that there is this 'Edusave Scholarship' that is given out at Pri5 for the top 10% (I think) fo each level and stream. This is different from the one that was given when students were in P1 to P4 as it is regardless of income level. That means, if the child qualifies for the scholarship at P5, he/she can get the award (my friend mentioned $300?) regardless of family income.



Does any parent know how this 10% will be derived for kids in GEP?

I think you are referring to http://www.moe.gov.sg/initiatives/edusave/funds-grants-awards/

Same criteria apply to GEP...you need to be top 10% in the level of the GEP cohort of your school to qualify. For example, if there are 50 P5 GEP students, you need to be among the top 5 to qualify for this award.

[vlim]

sautille:

TREX8:

A friend told me that there is this 'Edusave Scholarship' that is given out at Pri5 for the top 10% (I think) fo each level and stream. This is different from the one that was given when students were in P1 to P4 as it is regardless of income level. That means, if the child qualifies for the scholarship at P5, he/she can get the award (my friend mentioned $300?) regardless of family income.



Does any parent know how this 10% will be derived for kids in GEP?

I think you are referring to http://www.moe.gov.sg/initiatives/edusave/funds-grants-awards/

Same criteria apply to GEP...you need to be top 10% in the level of the GEP cohort of your school to qualify. For example, if there are 50 P5 GEP students, you need to be among the top 5 to qualify for this award.

so normally when will the qualified students receive this award?

[ApronMama]

For GEP, it is that difficult due to the small cohort for each level within a school. But if your GEP kids has achieve level top 5 in the year, he or she will be expecting to receive the yearend hangbao notification by post, provided the school did not forget to submit his/hers name.

For mainstream, if you are in a school with bigger population, and a less competitive neighbourhood school, it will be easier to get. They do not pick the top 10% S Citizen. They pick the top 10% and leave out non-citizen, so depend on where the non-citizen crowd, usually the west.

[naggo-nitemare]

vlim:

sautille:

[quote=\"TREX8\"]A friend told me that there is this 'Edusave Scholarship' that is given out at Pri5 for the top 10% (I think) fo each level and stream. This is different from the one that was given when students were in P1 to P4 as it is regardless of income level. That means, if the child qualifies for the scholarship at P5, he/she can get the award (my friend mentioned $300?) regardless of family income.



Does any parent know how this 10% will be derived for kids in GEP?

I think you are referring to http://www.moe.gov.sg/initiatives/edusave/funds-grants-awards/

Same criteria apply to GEP...you need to be top 10% in the level of the GEP cohort of your school to qualify. For example, if there are 50 P5 GEP students, you need to be among the top 5 to qualify for this award.

so normally when will the qualified students receive this award?[/quote]Each district will conduct a ceremony in december to give out these edusave awards. If a student is in a lower std school, being in the top 10% of that school is much easier than being in the top 10% of a GEP cohort.

I think it's $400 for the top 5% for upper primary cos my DS received it last year, and $300 for the next 5% which was what my neighbour received. Another friend's DD received $150 for having made gd progress in her P6 year. In my district, the govt official tasked with awarding all these cheques was Lim Hng Kiang.

[sautille]

vlim:

sautille:

[quote=\"TREX8\"]A friend told me that there is this 'Edusave Scholarship' that is given out at Pri5 for the top 10% (I think) fo each level and stream. This is different from the one that was given when students were in P1 to P4 as it is regardless of income level. That means, if the child qualifies for the scholarship at P5, he/she can get the award (my friend mentioned $300?) regardless of family income.



Does any parent know how this 10% will be derived for kids in GEP?

I think you are referring to http://www.moe.gov.sg/initiatives/edusave/funds-grants-awards/

Same criteria apply to GEP...you need to be top 10% in the level of the GEP cohort of your school to qualify. For example, if there are 50 P5 GEP students, you need to be among the top 5 to qualify for this award.

so normally when will the qualified students receive this award?[/quote]Sorry, I can't quite recall...only remembered my son got a letter and we had to go to some Community Club for a prize-giving ceremony. If my memory serves me correctly, the wording in the letter said something to the effect that you must attend the ceremony in order to collect the cheque (implying absence will result in the money being forfeited?).

[TREX8]

Thanks for the information. So looks like we won't be getting any letter from MOE in our letter box this year. Anyway, it would be tough to qualify given the small cohort of GEP students in DD's school.

ApronMama:

For GEP, it is that difficult due to the small cohort for each level within a school. But if your GEP kids has achieve level top 5 in the year, he or she will be expecting to receive the yearend hangbao notification by post, provided the school did not forget to submit his/hers name.
For mainstream, if you are in a school with bigger population, and a less competitive neighbourhood school, it will be easier to get. They do not pick the top 10% S Citizen. They pick the top 10% and leave out non-citizen, so depend on where the non-citizen crowd, usually the west.

[vlim]

sautille:

vlim:

[quote=\"sautille\"]
I think you are referring to http://www.moe.gov.sg/initiatives/edusave/funds-grants-awards/

Same criteria apply to GEP...you need to be top 10% in the level of the GEP cohort of your school to qualify. For example, if there are 50 P5 GEP students, you need to be among the top 5 to qualify for this award.

so normally when will the qualified students receive this award?

Sorry, I can't quite recall...only remembered my son got a letter and we had to go to some Community Club for a prize-giving ceremony. If my memory serves me correctly, the wording in the letter said something to the effect that you must attend the ceremony in order to collect the cheque (implying absence will result in the money being forfeited?).[/quote]oops..we will be away in later half of december ..hope it will not be forfeited if my ds qualify for it.. :roll:

[ApronMama]

vlim:

oops..we will be away in later half of december ..hope it will not be forfeited if my ds qualify for it.. :roll:

No worry, the award ceremony only held in mid-January. Go enjoy your holiday and come back to find the hongbao notification in your letter box and :celebrate: first.

[vlim]

ApronMama:

vlim:

oops..we will be away in later half of december ..hope it will not be forfeited if my ds qualify for it.. :roll:

No worry, the award ceremony only held in mid-January. Go enjoy your holiday and come back to find the hongbao notification in your letter box and :celebrate: first.

Thanks ApronMama..so the letter will be send out in Dec?

[vlim]

thanks naggo-nightmare and sautille for the info too